The Be-Bop Barbarians
By Gary Phillips, Illustrated by Dale Berry
"Your government needs your assistance, Ms. Rawls."
"Your government needs your assistance, Ms. Rawls."
"'So, your letter of recommendation from your previous head is glowing.'"
"Once again, Irja was telling the little boy who crouched motionless next to the stove that he shouldn’t worry, that his grandpa would be back soon, any time now, really."
"Have you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house..."
"Karolinska University Hospital is one of the largest in Europe, with more than fifteen thousand staff members."
"The moment I entered my second-floor apartment after work, my eyes went to the small dark-walnut stand to the left of the door in anticipation."
"Overload. Just too much. Too many strange occurrences. Too many deaths."
"The bounty was posted, but still Chu hadn’t been caught."
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